CHANDIGARH:The Punjab School Education Department has decided to release an amount of around Rs. 7 crore to the government schools for taking various measures to compensate the students for the loss of education due to closing of the school during Covid-19.
Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the school education department said that on the directions of the Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla an amount of Rs. 6, 97, 01, 00 is being released for raising the standard of education and to enhance the learning ability of students of different classes.
According to the spokesperson, schools had to be closed for a long duration in the last academic session due to Covid-19. So, the gap in learning has been identified in different subjects. To fill this gap, funds are going to be released under Learning Enhancement Program (Secondary) for the Supplementary Materials / Practical and various activities. The Resilience Program for Mathematics, Science, Punjabi, English, Hindi and Social Sciences will also be initiated.
These funds will be used for Learning based assignments to fill the learning gap of students of different classes. Assignments of Mathematics, English and Social Sciences will be sent to the students daily, while three days in a week for Science and two days in a week for Hindi and Punjabi. In addition, funds can also be used for assignments for the National achievement servey (NAS). These funds may also be used for Map Activity and Political Science / History assignments for Class XII humanities Group students.